A Syrian army defector and prominent rebel commander was killed by two assailants in rebel-held town in northern countryside of Homs, activists said on Tuesday. Col. Ahmed Kheshfah (dubbed: Abu Mulhem) was killed in Talbiseh town by two armed men claimed to be affiliated to the radical Islamic...

At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded in air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Sunday which destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, Reuters said on Tuesday. Rami Abdelrahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said he...

n">The United States and Russia agree on "some fundamental principles" for Syria, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday, adding that he plans to meet again with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday. "There was agreement that Syria should be a unified...

Britain will countenance Syrian President Bashar al-Assad staying in power for a transitional period but he cannot remain in charge long-term, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. "What America is saying, which I agree with, is that you need a transition but what's clear about...